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submitted 4 months ago by FlyingSquid@lemmy.world to c/world@lemmy.world

I am so tired of the whole "cool pope" thing with Francis. It's 100% PR.

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[-] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

It's important to note that all the times he's been the "cool pope" he's prefaced all his statements with the phrase "ex cathedra", which means he's speaking as himself, not "the Pope". Because anything he says as "the Pope" is the official church position.

[-] Furbag@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Gotta hand it to all the folks who warned me that "cool pope" was just paying lip service to progressive ideals and didn't actually fundamentally change how shitty the actual Catholic church is. They were right all along and I owe them all an apology.

[-] AutistoMephisto@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

He's kind of a wimp, then. I'm sure his progressive views are genuine, he has no reason to lie, but I'd think he would know that Canon Law is geared towards papal supremacy, the Cardinals can denounce him all they like, but they can't kick him out. Sure, he could start a schism, but the world was overdue for one, anyway.

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